The Forrest City times., 1887-11-26
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

A report reaches here that Monday night two negroes at Hickory Plains set the ginhouse of Johnson & Hallo- way on fire. Seventy-five bales of cotton were lost, the most of which be- ioaged to farmers. The negroes were arrested and are now in jail. It is ex- pectcd they will be lynched tonight, as the farmers are greatly excited.
 Jennings' livery stable, barn and dwelling and coffin shops with the contents were burned at l o'clock Monday morning. The Mountain and vanwinkls House were badly damaged. There was a small insurance on the vanwinkle House and contents, but none anywhere else. Loss, $s,0o0.
 NJ. J. Healey, station agent on the St. Louis and San Francisco railway at Poteau, Choctaw Nation, was arrested at Hackett City and lodged in the United States jail at Ft- Smith on a charge of larceny. He left his office without giving any notice of his de- parture or having any one In charge of the place. When arrested he had slls.50 on his person, supposed to be- long to the railroad and Adams express company. Whether a larceny case can be made against him or not re- mains to be seen.
 Tpnnatubbe, 6 Choctaw Indian charged with murder. died in the United States jail at Ft Smith, Sunday A singular instance connected with his death Is the fact that Tonnatubc, Jack son Stewart and Hermann Cooper were all arrested near Dooksville about six weeks ago and lodged in jail at the same time. All three of them took sick ht the same time, and two weeks ago Stewart died. Last Monday Hermann Cooper breathed his last, hls death being followed by that of Tonnatubbe. All of them are from the same neigh borhood, Stewart and Tonnatubbs being indicted jointly for the same murder. Tonnatubbe said when first taken sick that he could not go back home for fear of being killed, did not like to stay in jail. and therefore would like te die. He refused to take either medicine or nourishment, laying quiet. ly under his blanket until life was ex- tinct
 ". z. Harris was found dead in q wagon near his home and about three niles from Sheriden, on Tuesday morn tng. He passed through that place on the evening of the day be fore on his return from Pine Bluff. A coroner's jury decided that the deceased came to his death by drinking too much alcohol, coupled with heart disease.
 The negro who attempted the rape of tho little white girl at Hot Springs last week, after eluding the officers for some days, was captured Tuesday morning by the police force. Saturday evening he rode into town on the wagon of Deputy Sheriff Tate. Mir. Tate's driver, also . negro, stopped the wagon on Park avenue, telling the fiend he would return in . few minutes. In- stead of so doing he sent MT. Tate. Tho negro discovering him attempted 10 make his escape, which he did for the time being. Tate shot at him a number of times, one shot taking effect in his leg. Tuesday morning over a hundred houses were searched up toward Happy Hollow. He was at last discovered in little cabin, showed fight but was overpowered, captured and turned over to Sheriff Williams, who now has him safely installed In Garland county jail. Trouble was an- ticipated by some, yet nothing oc- cured. There are parts of the state In which If he wanted his prayers an- swered they would necessarily Do to God. not man.
 The wonderful boom at Little Rock and throughout the State of Arkansas generally is very aptly illustrated by the great influx of Eastern capital. The Desha Lumber Com pany, Boston syndicate, has opened up the lumber business on very extensive scale. The general manager of the company, Mir. W. B. Dutton, states that they have just booked an order for 100000 feet of oak lumber to be shipped to Sheboygan, Wis where 1t will be used in the construction of lake vessels. The cost of the shipment is 327, ,eoo. An order has also been received fer 40s, ,0e0 feet Of ash lumber for the Pullman Car Company, to be used in cars for the elevated railways of New York City.